Department of Finance News
The finance discipline can be classified into three areas: corporate finance, investments, and finance markets and institutions. The programs offered by the Department of Finance prepare students for successful careers in corporate management, depository institutions, investment management, and financial services.
Current Finance News
A new $2.6 million gift from the Nevada Surplus Lines Foundation will extend scholarship support to more students.
The newest Rebel grads reflect on their time at UNLV and share what the future holds.
How mentorship and industry connections helped UNLV student James Sarmiento turn years of uncertainty into professional success.
Competition was fierce for the 79 student teams that managed portfolios of $500,000.
A new finance course blends self-paced study with bi-weekly meetings to keep students progressing toward licensure.
These Rebels learned firsthand how AI, data, and technology are reshaping modern finance.
Finance In The News
The chair of the Department of Finance at UNLV’s Lee Business School wants to increase financial literacy across Nevada. A recent study found that Nevada has the highest rate of credit card delinquencies and one of the highest overall debt burdens of any state.
The Las Vegas Valley is better prepared now for an economic downturn than it has been in the past but is still relatively exposed because of a lack of economic diversity, according to one of UNLV’s top economists.
A new report ranks one Las Vegas Valley city among the nation’s communities with the most unmanageable level of credit card debt.
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The UNLV finance department created an elective course for students pursuing careers in financial services to be SEC licensed (Series 65 or 66) upon graduation.
An alleged brazen kidnapping and cryptocurrency extortion that started in Las Vegas and ended in a remote desert area in Arizona in November has added to worry about other crypto-related violent crimes in the U.S. and around the globe in recent months.
